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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- parents not, or something on this committee, but you're bringing them together where you may forge bonds
- parents not, or something on this committee, but you're bringing them together where you may forge bonds
- > bringing them together where you may bringing them together where you may Forge<01:01:16.400><c> bonds
- or friendships or see things Forge bonds or friendships or see things in<01:01:19.799><c> a</c><01:01
- </c> teach them about environmental teach them about environmental principles<05:30:43.480><c> when</
Summary:
The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and noted weather-related absences and a large number of new bills. The chair said a subcommittee would be formed to review three cell phone bills, and a full committee work session on bullying would be scheduled for the week after next. The committee then began a hearing on House Bill 121, which would create local special education advisory councils in school districts.
Representative Glenn Cordelli, the sponsor, said the councils would be parent-driven, with parents of children with disabilities advising districts on education, safety, program development, evaluation, planning, policies, and communication with administrators. He said the bill would require at least quarterly meetings with district administration, an annual parent workshop, and a year-end report to the school board. He also cited federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on parent advisory councils and said the goal was to improve collaboration between parents and schools.
Members raised questions about the use of “shall,” how councils would be formed in districts without PTAs/PTOs, whether the councils could function in very small districts, privacy concerns about parents disclosing their children’s disabilities, whether the councils should include guardians or educational professionals, and whether the councils would have any direct tie to the state advisory council. The sponsor said the requirement was intended to make the councils mandatory, that local districts could organize them organically if needed, that participation would be voluntary, that parents would not be required to disclose private information, and that the councils would remain advisory rather than determinative. He also said costs should be minimal. Testimony then began from Nicole Sheath, a pediatric occupational therapist and parent of four children with disabilities, who described her experience balancing advocacy, school collaboration, and the demands of her children’s therapies and education.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We have funds from the Environmental Protection Association.
- We have funds from the Environmental Protection Association.
- </c><01:11:07.600><c> lead</c> efforts to reduce environmental lead efforts to reduce environmental lead
- One, we ensure we address the environmental causes.
- </c><03:29:18.040><c> impacts</c> health impacts and environmental impacts health impacts and environmental
Summary:
The Finance Division III work session focused on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health Services budget. Department staff said Public Health has a relatively small budget compared with other DHHS divisions, is supported mostly by federal and other non-General funds, and contains nearly 100 accounting units and more than 50 federal grants. They emphasized that the governor’s budget did not include significant cuts, but that federal funding uncertainty and the winding down of pandemic-era resources were major factors affecting the division. The division also explained that some apparent budget growth reflects reorganizations, including moving the Bureau of Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery and some programs from other DHHS divisions into Public Health.
The presentation described Public Health’s mission as serving the entire state through food and water safety, disease surveillance, emergency response, maternal and child health, chronic disease prevention, WIC, community health center support, and public health data collection. Members asked about bird flu, and staff explained that human-health response would involve Public Health’s lab, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness units, while animal-health issues are handled with the Department of Agriculture; they also noted ongoing milk testing requested by FDA and USDA. The division said its organizational structure includes bureaus for Family Health and Nutrition, Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Protection, Emergency Preparedness, Prevention and Wellness, Statistics and Informatics, and Public Health Laboratories, with about a 15% vacancy rate.
Committee members questioned whether the division’s budget and staffing had really grown since pre-COVID, and staff responded that full-time authorized staffing is about the same as in 2018, with the increase largely due to federal pandemic funding that has since receded and to program transfers between divisions. They said Public Health’s General Fund share is about $24 million out of roughly $1.1 billion in DHHS General Fund spending, or about 2.2% of the department total. Members also asked about the 3,000-position cap and unfunded positions; staff explained that the cap remains in chapter law through June 30, 2025, that 394 positions were unfunded in the governor’s budget, and that the division expects flexibility to move money from personnel lines and fill unfunded positions to manage changing needs. No votes or formal actions were taken in this portion of the work session.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- were a thousand people in the state of Texas on bond for murder.
- Aggravated robbery had 3,857, these are the ones that got bond.
- And even some who have been out on bond have committed a violent offense listed in SJR 87.
- Even again, bond has been provided.
- million bonds.
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
Texas criminal procedure, magistrate, probable cause, written findings, arrest review, criminal justice, Article 15.17, pretrial release, judicial recordkeeping, court transparency, law enforcement, defendant rights, criminal proceedings, no probable cause, magistrate findings, bail reform, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, public safety, 1185
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We issue bonds in the bond market.
- </c><00:07:32.240><c> we</c> um we issue Bonds in the bond market we um we issue Bonds in the bond market
- I mean, we're working in the bond market to issue bonds, so we're getting private investors who are buying
- </c><01:02:26.200><c> so</c> in the bond market to issue bonds so in the bond market to issue bonds so
- </c><01:35:48.600><c> almost</c> and that private activity Bond almost and that private activity Bond
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- protection, environmental health, or environmental science.
- , competing with environmental protection or environmental science, would you consider adding a member
- To your second point over on page three, line three, about environmental protection, environmental health
- </c> line three about environmental line three about environmental protection,<00:46:41.200><c> environmental
- , environmental health or environmental<00:46:42.640><c> science</c><00:46:43.560><c> requirement</c>
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/11/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:13:56.120><c> to</c> for housing infrastructure bonds to for housing infrastructure bonds to
- the sale of GO bonds are.
- </c> few key differences between goo bonds few key differences between goo bonds and<00:18:33.240><c>
- </c> on the hibs second appropriation Bond on the hibs second appropriation Bond proceeds<00:18:58.320
- are for example sales of go bonds are for example appropriation<00:19:05.000><c> bonds</c><00:19:05.280
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Sound land use planning and environmental protection is not merely about maps and zoning and open space
- However, many of the most consequential decisions regarding land use policy, regarding environmental
- Erman Barana, Executive Director of the Sacramento Environmental Justice Coalition.
- I'm Marvin Norman, Environmental Policy Coordinator with CCAEJ, Center for Community Action and Environmental
- SB 958 helps ensure that our environmental review process remains focused.
Committee:
Senate Local Government
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Other - PSCOC Oct 8th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- They were going to need to go back out to bond.
- This is the bond reconciliation update.
- Board of finance level of our bonds and working our way down.
- bond sale and verify the current certification.
- We'll also be updating our bond sale strategy.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (04/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- It is purely an environmental issue.
- When this law was environmental issue.
- </c> environmental, it does not fit us well. environmental, it does not fit us well.
- </c> been done and that an environmental been done and that an environmental study<01:33:16.960><c> was
- </c> Hampshire Department of Environmental Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.<01:47:22.400
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 27FN, which would change how improvements to dwellings over water are handled and align those projects more closely with the state building code. The bill was presented by Trisha Milo on behalf of Senator Lang, and attorney John Cronin explained that it arose from a specific New Hampshire Supreme Court case involving the Newcombs’ lakeside property, but that it could affect a small number of older waterfront homes statewide. He said the intent was to give the Department of Environmental Services (DES) limited waiver authority for improvements that do not harm water quality, plant life, or fish, while still requiring DES review and local permits.
Committee members asked several questions about the scope of the bill, including whether it was tied to one case, how many properties might be affected, what counts as “living space,” and whether the language could allow larger decks or other expansions. Cronin said the bill was meant to be narrow, focused on access and egress and not on creating new living space, and that DES would still be able to deny unreasonable requests. He also described the Newcombs’ project as a rehabilitation of an older structure that had been approved locally and later challenged by DES, leading to the current dispute.
Darlene Forst, the Wetlands Bureau administrator at DES, testified in opposition. She said the department was surprised the bill was being heard because it believed the Senate had sent it to interim study, and she argued the language was unclear and could have broader statewide effects than intended. Forst also said the underlying case was still active and should not be effectively re-litigated through this bill. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/21/2026 - House Appropriations
House Appropriations Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- You can't be pledging, you can't have a 20-year bond because the bond is contingent on having a financing
- And if we did a 10-year bond versus a 20-year bond or a 30-year bond, which one would have the higher
- And if we did a 10-year bond versus a 20-year bond or a 30-year bond, which one would have the higher
- Because we are issuing bonds. Yeah.
- They want to bond for $500 million.
Summary:
The Committee of Appropriations met on January 21, 2026, and first considered House Bill 2116, which would appropriate $1 million in fiscal year 2027 to the Colorado River Litigation Fund. The sponsor and Arizona Department of Water Resources both supported the bill, describing it as a backup measure to protect Arizona’s Colorado River entitlements if post-2026 negotiations among the basin states fail. Members discussed how the bill relates to the governor’s separate Colorado River Protection Fund proposal, and staff clarified the two funds serve different purposes. The committee approved HB 2116 on a 17-1 roll call vote.
The committee then took up House Bill 2053, which would provide $100,000 for updated stormwater recharge mapping and expand the work beyond state trust lands to private lands. An amendment in the chair’s name was adopted to extend the coordination timeline, broaden the agencies involved, and revise language about mapped sites and appropriable surface water. The sponsor said the bill is intended to identify more places to capture stormwater for recharge rather than letting most rainfall evaporate. ADWR testified neutrally, supporting the mapping effort but raising a concern about language that could be read as requiring the department to determine whether water is appropriable, which it said is a legal question for the courts. The amended bill passed 11-7.
House Bill 2148, as amended, was then heard and approved 11-7. The bill would give the legislature authority to appropriate non-custodial federal monies and set requirements for those appropriations. The chair’s amendment excluded federal research grants to universities, university employees, and the Arizona Board of Regents. The sponsor framed the bill as a transparency measure, saying the legislature should know how federal funds are being spent. No outside testimony was offered, and the committee approved the measure after debate about legislative oversight of federal funds.
After the bills, the committee received a lengthy JLBC presentation comparing the executive budget with the JLBC baseline. Discussion focused on revenue forecasts, tax conformity, sports betting, lottery and tourism revenue assumptions, SNAP administrative costs and error-rate penalties, developmental disability and Access caseload growth, and K-12 enrollment and ESA spending. Members repeatedly questioned the executive budget’s use of one-time funding for ongoing costs, especially for SNAP administration and DES staffing, and expressed concern about rising supplemental needs and the lack of long-term budget capacity. No votes were taken on the presentation.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/22/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> they may have to bond that firet truck. they may have to bond that firet truck.
- So, we're just that bond rate is.
- and we're talking about if we're bonding and we're talking about 20-year<00:35:41.599><c> bond</c><00
- How bond rates can change over years.
- </c> concern of bonds before. concern of bonds before.
Committee:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Jul 1st, 2025
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Transcript Highlights:
- We are calling this hearing of the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee to order
- well, to perhaps reconvene this fall as part of work with DTSC ongoing, as well as the Board of Environmental
- Jenny Shearston, an environmental health officer. epidemiologist at the University of Colorado Boulder
- Environmental health scientists at Columbia University, Michigan State University, and Brown University
- Environmental Standards. environmental protection agency standard for total chromium allowed.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have environmental impact statement public hearings, Land Board meetings, and other regulatory
- </c><01:11:37.960><c> damage</c><01:11:38.719><c> and</c> value environmental damage and value environmental
- It does not fully account for all the damages, the cultural, economic, and environmental costs.
- 343, as well as under the National Environmental Pro— um, EPA.
- Navy that their first draft environmental assessment was inadequate, so they had to do it again.
Committee:
House Public Safety
Summary:
The Committee on Public Safety met on March 21, 2025, and heard several resolutions related to corrections, emergency preparedness, and wildfire risk. Early items included HCR 62/HR 57 on flying the National League of Families POW/MIA flag year-round at the state Capitol, for which no one testified, and HCR 154/HR 49, which would request a comprehensive forensic audit of DCR and DAGS spending tied to planning and building a new jail to replace the Ahu Community Correctional Center. The ACLU strongly supported the audit, arguing that the state has spent millions on jail planning over many years without clear accounting, that a new jail is unnecessary and fiscally irresponsible, and that public-private partnership arrangements could reduce transparency. Committee members questioned the use of the term “forensic,” the age of some cited allegations, and whether the auditor could instead conduct another type of audit; the ACLU said it was open to other audit language and offered to help compile background materials. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee also heard HCR 63, asking DCR to provide separate clinical counseling services for correctional staff, with one supporter, and HCR 23, which asks DCR to include circuit and district court facilities in planning the new Ahu Community Correctional Center and to establish a release procedure that avoids releasing detainees into residential communities or public spaces. DCR Director Johnson said the department supported the intent of HCR 23 and had discussed it with the Chief Justice and court administrator, adding that one multi-purpose courtroom could handle both district and circuit proceedings. The chair then moved on without further discussion.
A major portion of the meeting focused on HCR 37, which asks HEMA to work with other agencies on outreach and preparedness for kūpuna. Testifiers from the Pearl City Neighborhood Board, AARP Hawaii, and the Hawaii Council of Community Associations supported the measure, citing the vulnerability of older adults and people with disabilities during disasters, lessons from the Lahaina fires, and the need for clear evacuation plans, siren reliability, and better coordination with care homes and condominium associations. Several speakers described local preparedness efforts and concerns about gaps in communication and implementation. The committee also discussed HCR 69/HR 62 on creating a vegetation management working group to reduce wildfire risk; the Division of Consumer Advocacy supported it, with testimony describing dangerous incidents involving vines and bamboo contacting electrical lines and causing sparking and a utility pole fire. The meeting ended with testimony and questions continuing on that topic, and no final committee action was shown in the excerpt.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:59 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have the only bail bond fund for immigrant-specific detentions.
- We have the great bond rating. Well, every single county contributes to that bond rating.
- The bond at issue for Otero County is a revenue bond.
- There is no risk that taxpayers will have to repay that bond.
- As I mentioned earlier, when the county published bond documents upon the issuance of these revenue bonds
Committee:
House House Consumer & Public Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 04/02/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- It's going to environmental impacts.
- </c> this bill is actually environmentally this bill is actually environmentally friendly.<00:37:40.560
- </c> more from Rogersbased Flow Environmental more from Rogersbased Flow Environmental Systems,<00:43
- </c> companies like Flow Environmental companies like Flow Environmental Systems<00:59:09.040><c> for
- Beyond its environmental development.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jul 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Justice, the Energy Coalition, Climate Equity Policy Center, Glendale Environmental Coalition, Greenbank
- Febe Bodhiarto, California Environmental Justice Alliance Action, SEHA Action, in support.
- With me today, I have Matt Friedman with TURN and Markey Mason with California Environmental Voters.
- With me today, I have Matt Friedman with TURN and Markey Mason with California Environmental Voters.
- My name is Marquis King Mason with California Environmental Voters.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on utility rates, wildfire safety, carbon capture, methane reduction, large energy users, low-income energy programs, and clean energy supply chains. Early items included SB 613, which would direct state agencies to prioritize reducing methane emissions from imported fossil fuels, and SB 614, which would allow California to move forward with carbon dioxide pipeline safety rules and potentially lift the state’s moratorium on new CO2 pipelines. Both bills drew support from advocates and industry-related witnesses, with no opposition registered at the time they were presented, and the committee indicated it would vote once quorum was established.
After quorum was called, the committee took up SB 57, which would require the Public Utilities Commission to establish tariffs for large energy users such as data centers to prevent cost shifts to other ratepayers and address stranded infrastructure costs. Supporters argued the bill would protect affordability and encourage clean energy use, while opponents, including utilities and business groups, warned it could create uncertainty and interfere with existing regulatory processes. The committee also heard SB 256 on wildfire mitigation and emergency response, including undergrounding, PSPS communication, and removal of abandoned lines; supporters emphasized the need for stronger action after recent fires, while utilities raised concerns about duplicative requirements and public disclosure of sensitive infrastructure information. Both SB 57 and SB 256 were approved on roll calls.
The committee then heard SB 647, which would expand and standardize oversight of low-income energy savings programs and performance metrics, with strong support from community advocates and some neutral or “tweener” positions from utilities that sought further work on data collection and implementation. SB 787 followed, proposing a state strategy to coordinate supply chains and workforce development for clean energy industries including EVs, building decarbonization, and offshore wind; it received broad support and no opposition. The committee also considered SB 332, a study bill on utility ownership models and affordability reforms, which drew strong support from consumer and climate advocates but opposition from utilities and business groups concerned about bias, investor signals, and executive compensation provisions. The consent calendar was later approved, and several bills were reported out with votes or held open for absent members to add on.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Apr 8th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
North Dakota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 2024 is a budget of the Department of Environmental Quality.
- This department plays a critical role between federal environmental regulations and our local energy
- The Department of Environmental Quality is also responsible for regulating drinking water, wastewater
- This department plays a critical role between federal environmental regulations and our local energy
- approach with industries to meet environmental regulations.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The chamber received notice that the governor had signed several bills, and the Speaker appointed conference committees after the Senate failed to concur with House amendments on Senate Bills 2180 and 2330. The House also approved several sixth-order amendments without objection before moving into reconsideration and final action on House Bill 1300, which concerns legislative term limits. After procedural motions to reconsider and undo concurrence, the House voted to do not concur on HB 1300, sending it back to the chair’s lap for further negotiation.
A major portion of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 2232, which changes mandatory reporting rules for prenatal exposure to controlled substances and alcohol. Supporters said the bill is intended to keep pregnant women in prenatal care by removing an automatic CPS report if a woman tests positive but enters and stays on a treatment plan; opponents argued it weakens protections for unborn children and creates vague standards for mandated reporters. The House passed the bill 57-36. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 2280 unanimously, establishing timelines and standards for prior authorization in health insurance, and passed Senate Bill 2186, which creates a civil remedy for interference with court-ordered parenting time, a child custody review task force, and related reporting requirements.
The House then took up Senate Bill 2239, an apprenticeship grant program with a $1.1 million appropriation, but rejected it 14-79 after the committee said the program lacked a clear administrative home. Senate Bill 2241, creating a framework for public charter schools, generated extensive debate over school choice, local control, funding, staffing, and rural impacts; supporters emphasized flexibility and community-driven options, while opponents warned about diversion of funds and weak guardrails. The bill passed 64-29. The House also passed Senate Bill 2024, the Department of Environmental Quality budget, after discussion about federal funding uncertainty; Senate Bill 2374, updating property insurance laws and market rules; Senate Bill 2216, creating a waterfowl habitat restoration stamp; Senate Bill 2245, allowing certain duck and goose hunting from anchored floating craft; and Senate Bill 233, establishing a distressed ambulance services process, which drew questions about how affected districts and neighboring services would be involved.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Mar 25th, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a student from Seminole High School, and I attend the Scrub Club Environmental Conservation Club,
- I am the club historian for our environmental club, and I would like to talk about how one of the main
- Cole's AP Environmental Science class and he asked us to write letters in support of the bill.
- Environmentally, the reasons for waste-to-energy facilities are clear.
- This amendment deletes the underlying bill and authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Summary:
The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of environmental and natural resources bills. It reported favorably SB 1784 on sewer collection systems, allowing municipal sewer revenues to be used for expansion; SB 1388 on vessels, which prohibits random vessel inspections without probable cause, creates a five-year safety decal, bars local fuel-type boat bans, and expands funding options for boat ramps and marinas; and SB 880, which designates the American flamingo as Florida’s state bird and the Florida scrub jay as the state songbird. SB 946, as amended, was also reported favorably; it restricts certain waste facilities and incinerators near the Everglades, with the amendment narrowing the focus to the Broward/Miami-Dade area near the C-9 impoundment project. SB 1792 on dry sandy beaches was reported favorably after amendment, creating a pilot and process to inventory beaches and explore voluntary public access or conservation arrangements with private owners. SB 866 on anchoring limitation areas was reported favorably despite opposition from cruisers and boaters who argued existing law should be used instead of new county-specific restrictions. SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands was reported favorably with amendments that removed language about the necessity of phosphate mining and clarified that landowners requesting a radiation study must pay for it. The committee also reported favorably SB 1326 on hurricane evacuation clearance times and permit allocations in the Keys, and SB 1580, after a delete-all amendment, which authorizes DEP to use public-private partnerships for coastal resiliency projects. Finally, SB 1300 on oil and gas drilling permits was introduced to require DEP to consider potential harm from accidents or blowouts to natural resources when reviewing drilling permits, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill. The committee also took up confirmations, temporarily postponing the vote on Rodney Barreto’s FWC reappointment after public criticism of his leadership, while recommending favorably the other listed appointments.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Last, but certainly not least, is the $100 million in housing infrastructure bonds.
- </c><00:13:58.639><c> Housing</c> housing infrastructure bonds.
- Housing housing infrastructure bonds.
- :14:00.399><c> state's</c> infrastructure bonds are the state's infrastructure bonds are the state's
- And then just on housing infrastructure bonds, I want to say that this is such a critical tool.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes capital investment general obligation bonding bill, HF 18 6/9/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This one is the general obligation bond bill, but I urge members to support the motion so we can take
- year were a product of bipartisan compromise, something that's always been the case for successful bonding
- of Minnesota are projects that would only become more expensive if we went another year without a bonding
- It's been a bit of a dance, uh, in that $55 million is in the bonding bill, but $20 million is in the
- bill, but 20 million is in the bonding bill, but 20 million<00:04:52.240><c> is</c><00:04:52.479><c>